Exam question 3 · Kung Fu Panda: real giant pandas and red pandas

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the relationship between the red panda and the giant panda?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: relationship

This is exam question 3 of lesson 135 «Kung Fu Panda: real giant pandas and red pandas» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 relationship	det
10	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	14 panda	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 panda	det
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 panda	amod
14	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 relationship	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 panda	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 panda	det
17	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 panda	amod
18	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 panda	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the relationship				of the following statements; between the red panda and the giant panda; accurately property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The red panda is a member of the bear family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panda	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 panda	amod
3	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 member	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 member	det
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 family	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 family	det
9	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 family	compound
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the red panda	a member				of the bear family	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The red panda belongs to a separate family and is not a close relative of the giant panda

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panda	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 panda	amod
3	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 belongs	nsubj
4	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 family	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 family	det
7	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 family	amod
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 belongs	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 relative	cc
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 relative	cop
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 relative	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 relative	det
13	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 relative	amod
14	relative	relative	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 belongs	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 panda	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 panda	det
17	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 panda	amod
18	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 relative	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	the red panda					to a separate family	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	not is a	present	the red panda not said here	a close relative				of the giant panda	tree rules

Option 3

The red panda is the juvenile form of the giant panda, its coat darkening to black and white with age

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panda	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 panda	amod
3	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 form	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 form	det
6	juvenile	juvenile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	compound
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 panda	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 panda	det
10	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 panda	amod
11	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 coat	punct
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 coat	nmod:poss
14	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 form	appos
15	darkening	darken	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 coat	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 black	case
17	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 darkening	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 white	cc
19	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 black	conj
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 age	case
21	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 darkening	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the red panda	the juvenile form				of the giant panda	tree rules
2	darken	gerund	panda's coat not said here				with age	to black	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with age=Instrument

Option 4

The red panda is a giant panda of reddish colouring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panda	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 panda	amod
3	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 panda	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 panda	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 panda	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 panda	amod
7	panda	panda	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 colouring	case
9	reddish	reddish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 colouring	amod
10	colouring	colouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 panda	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the red panda	a giant panda				of reddish colouring	tree rules

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